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Some world building that came into my head. Thoughts and suggestions would be appreciated. As a forewarning, these sections are long and went into my head in a sort of "Tall Tale" fashion that I don't write well.

There are also places like Járnviðr (Iron-Wood) and ironwood in D&D, so whether by nature or by processing something similar could happen. Of course, the processing causing another elf-dwarf issue is interesting.

Stranger things have happened; one need only look at the Drow to see how a species can change when their environment does. They could even make their homes aboard giant turtles like the zaratan or something like the aspidochelone.

I really was not thinking along the lines of Conan the Barbarian or the more ridiculous 'horned helmed' types that didn't exist outside operas. Generally, I was thinking along the lines of RL Scandinavian cultures (which I know are multiple), but more generically since the Dwarves of D&D don't...

It's always "look what nifty items we came up with for killing people with" and never "look what nifty items we came up for farming with". Like, people may want to argue about the Medievalesque look if magical industry takes off, but there's actually fewer reasons to change the appearance of...

I would agree that it's unlikely Dwarves would want to be too reliant on other species for staples. They've almost certainly got potatoes if those exist. Barbeque could definitely be a thing. I'm sure at least some Dwarves would be wood carvers, especially of more durable types of wood. I'd...

There could be and should be, which is why I think there are and this sort of conversation is interesting! :)

Yeah, the new rules make it very easy to have them be anything, but tradition places them so much with the mountains and underground that I'm not sure folks could decouple it, which is why I'm asking folks here about it. Thanks! I thought that if any species ought to be into industry, it should...

Because my brain is a peculiar place, the following has been going on in it: Though Dwarves are most often associated with hills and mountains, I don't see why they couldn't be sailors and farmers. If anyone would likely be similar to them, the Dwarves make the most sense. Of course, what this...

That is a rather bold argument to make, considering some folks prefer characters who are subtle and swashbucklers never are.

I hadn't thought of those at the time, but you're right they'd be what folks are familiar with now. I'm not sure how vast the difference is. To me, it's a person fighting with a single sword and performing acrobatics. The possible differences in either additional weapons or style issues (such...

Ugh. Now it should. What is it with links not wanting to copy?

Well, Poul Anderson's character is not technically the original, considering Charlemagne's Twelve Peers, but I get what you mean. I think, however, that most people would associate the Swashbuckler with the Musketeers, the Scarlet Pimpernel, and Zorro.

I had copied that link earlier, but I thought I had the correct link in storage. Not sure what happened. Anyway it's fixed.

I'm both aware of Pathfinder 1e's Swashbuckler and the Rouge subclass. To be honest, I could never figure out why it isn't a Bard subclass, all things considered (though College of Blades comes close). My friend Dave found this homebrew one too, but I was considering making my own and was...

They don't have to be. I was using Mystara's template mostly because we can look at RL cultures and try to figure out how to fit them into a fantasy world, but I think even Mystara used some mixing and matching to come up with some unique things (the Shadow Elves come to mind). So if you want a...

For myself, I feel like we really need seven, with the new one being Thauma which deals with magical ability. However, as has been pointed out, their usefulness is questionable at best. There could be an entirely Skill-based game with no Ability Scores per se, but with different levels of...

I attached something below, working with the existing east coast of the US altered somewhat for this. The reddish circle is where the tectonic plate is. It is crashing into the continent much like India is crashing into Asia. The mountains, therefore, are much more like the Himalayas, though...